Star Trek: The Original Voyages:A Visual History

Boldly celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with this official visual history of the original series, documenting how its iconic characters and storylines reshaped the science fiction genre.

It began as a “five-year mission,” but for nearly sixty years Star Trek has captivated the world. When the original Star Trek series burst onto the screen in 1966, few could have anticipated the enduring legacy it would create. Although it lasted just three seasons and 79 episodes, Star Trek left an indelible mark on popular culture, and it soon spawned an animated television series, a blockbuster major motion picture franchise, and for its most dedicated fans, a way of life.

The story of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew—Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), and Hikaru Sulu (George Takei)—as well as the behind-the-scenes story of its creators, The Great Bird of the Galaxy Gene Roddenberry and his many collaborators, is extraordinary.

The story of the brand itself is every bit as remarkable and, in many ways, even stranger than the fiction. Featuring hundreds of quintessential and rarely seen images, Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History is a cultural history of and tribute to the brand’s sixty-year journey through television, film, novels, comic books, video games, merchandise, and more.

Timed for Star Trek's 60-year anniversary, Star Trek: The Original Voyages: A Visual History will be a must-have for every fan: a document of its impact on pop culture and commemoration of how Star Trek's original cast have touched our lives and changed our culture. New fans will discover Star Trek's comprehensive history, and longtime fans will cherish fresh insights from original interviews and previously unpublished images. | Kyle Newman is an author and award-winning filmmaker who has directed numerous feature films including the Star Wars-fueled comedy Fanboys, A24 Films’ Barely Lethal, and the e-sports comedy 1UP. He has directed the music industry’s top artists, and produced films such as Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. As an author, he is known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana, the New York Times bestselling cookbook Heroes’ Feast, and its follow-up, Heroes’ Feast: Flavors of the Multiverse. An honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Film/Television and a member of the Directors Guild of America, Newman resides in Los Angeles with his partner, Cynthia, and their three sons.

Jeff Bond is an author, magazine editor and freelance writer living in Southern California. He is the author of The Music of Star Trek, Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen, and several Titan Books including (with Gene Kozicki) The Art and Visual Effects of Star Trek - The Motion Picture and Cowboy Bebop: The Making of the Netflix Series, as well as The World of the Orville, The Art and Making of Narcos, The Art of Star Trek: The Kelvin Timeline, and others. He has edited various incarnations of Geek magazine since 2006 and covered film music for The Hollywood Reporter for ten years.